Canon Pro 70 Review

The
Canon PowerShot Pro 70 (referred to as the Pro70 from now onwards)
is probably one of the second most eagerly awaited new arrivals
of early 1999 along with the Sony DSC-D700 which is seen by many
as its main rival.

However, people in the know like to
think that this is the camera for the real photographer, with
Canon's excellent photography background and a sound reputation
for producing high quality products the PowerShot Pro 70 certainly
comes from a good stable.

The Pro70 is different
in design to other digital cameras in that it resembles a tradition
SLR, with a barrel for the lens, the zoom switch on the side of
the lens and the traditional SLR-like hand grip on the right hand
side this is a comfortable camera to hold. Although you pay for
that comfort in weight, the camera weighs in at about 800g loaded
with one of its two supplied NiMH rechargeable batteries. It also
has other 35mm-friendly features such as a 3:2 image ratio (same
as 35mm film) and a high quality 28mm (wide) to 70mm (zoom) lens.
And some rather unique features like its flip out / swivel LCD
and flash hotshoe.

In this review we'll try to cover all
features, functionality and most importantly operation,
I'm sure what most people are interested in is what this 1.68megapixel
camera can produce.

UPDATE:
14/02/99:
Updated a few details which weren't apparent to me when reviewing
the camera (ie. I didn't have a manual). Now I've got my own Pro70
and have corrected (and added) a few items to this review.